The Track-Establishment Process in a Mixed False-Alarm-Rate Environment
Abstract
The problem of extracting tracks of moving targets from sensor detections accompanied by a dense mixture of random false detections and recurrent false detections from stationary sources is examined. Algorithms for removal of fixed-target detections and for track establishment of moving targets are evaluated in terms of the tolerable false-alarm rate and minimum probability of detection for realizing a specified false-track-establishment rate and a specified probability of track establishment for moving targets, within a specified number of scans of the surveillance sensor. Some operational implications are briefly discussed in the form of a constrained resource allocation problem. Means for and benefits of multiple-sensor correlation are considered, and the problems introduced in attempting to provide surveillance of a mix of target types exhibiting significantly different kinematic characteristics are discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0746513
Entities
People
- Robert D. Turner
- Stanley Marder
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses